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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Albania	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,085	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,065	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,047	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,038	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,026	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,014	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,998	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,979	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,957	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,934	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,915	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,900	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,892	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,888	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,882	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,876	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,868	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,863	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,861	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,854	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,842	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,825	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,799	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,787	21,889	6,291

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Albania, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.